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England’s Under-17s dumped out of World Cup by Uzbekistan as coach sees red

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Uzbekistan’s players celebrate knocking England out of the Under-17 World Cup. Photograph: Adi Weda/EPA

England’s Under-17s were dumped out of the World Cup by Uzbekistan despite the Asian country’s manager being shown a red card for deliberately kicking the ball into the stands.

Greg Lincoln’s side finished top of their group in Indonesia and had been expected to progress to the last eight against a side ranked 73rd in the world. But they fell behind in Jakarta to a goal from Amirbek Saidov before Manchester City’s Joel Ndala equalised with his third goal of the tournament.

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